Grover Hartley
[edit] Biography
Grover Hartley (Grover Allen Hartley) was born on July 2, 1888 in Osgood, Indiana. He made his Major League debut on May 13, 1911 for the New York Giants. In 1914, his rookie year, he hit .288 with 1 home run and 25 RBI. Hartley played for the New York Giants, St. Louis Terriers, St. Louis Browns, Boston Red Sox and Cleveland Indians over the course of his 14 year career.
Most people believe that Grover Hartley's best season was 1915, when he knocked in 50 runs.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Batting Stats
| 1911
| NY
| N
| 11
| 18
| 1
| 4
| 0
| 1
| .222
| .263
| .333
| 2
| 0
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
|
| 1912
| NY
| N
| 25
| 34
| 3
| 8
| 0
| 7
| .235
| .257
| .353
| 2
| 1
| 0
| 4
| 1
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
|
| 1913
| NY
| N
| 23
| 19
| 4
| 6
| 0
| 0
| .316
| .350
| .316
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 2
| 0
| 1
| 4
| 0
| 0
|
| 1914
| STL
| F
| 86
| 212
| 24
| 61
| 1
| 25
| .288
| .329
| .382
| 13
| 2
| 12
| 26
| 1
| 8
| 4
| 0
| 0
|
| 1915
| STL
| F
| 120
| 394
| 47
| 108
| 1
| 50
| .274
| .356
| .365
| 21
| 6
| 42
| 21
| 8
| 10
| 10
| 0
| 0
|
| 1916
| STL
| A
| 89
| 222
| 19
| 50
| 0
| 12
| .225
| .325
| .261
| 8
| 0
| 30
| 24
| 3
| 3
| 4
| 0
| 0
|
| 1917
| STL
| A
| 19
| 13
| 2
| 3
| 0
| 0
| .231
| .333
| .231
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1924
| NY
| N
| 4
| 7
| 1
| 2
| 0
| 1
| .286
| .375
| .429
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
|
| 1925
| NY
| N
| 46
| 95
| 9
| 30
| 0
| 8
| .316
| .375
| .347
| 1
| 1
| 8
| 3
| 1
| 2
| 2
| 0
| 0
|
| 1926
| NY
| N
| 13
| 21
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| .048
| .231
| .048
| 0
| 0
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1927
| BOS
| A
| 103
| 244
| 23
| 67
| 1
| 31
| .275
| .337
| .332
| 11
| 0
| 22
| 14
| 1
| 7
| 1
| 0
| 0
|
| 1929
| CLE
| A
| 24
| 33
| 2
| 9
| 0
| 8
| .273
| .314
| .333
| 0
| 1
| 2
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1930
| CLE
| A
| 1
| 4
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 1
| .750
| .750
| .750
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1934
| STL
| A
| 5
| 3
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| .333
| .500
| .667
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
| NL
|
| 122
| 194
| 18
| 51
| 0
| 17
| .263
| .325
| .314
| 6
| 2
| 16
| 10
| 2
| 4
| 10
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
| FL
|
| 206
| 606
| 71
| 169
| 2
| 75
| .279
| .347
| .371
| 34
| 8
| 54
| 47
| 9
| 18
| 14
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
| AL
|
| 241
| 519
| 46
| 133
| 1
| 52
| .256
| .334
| .304
| 20
| 1
| 57
| 40
| 4
| 11
| 5
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
|
|
| 569
| 1319
| 135
| 353
| 3
| 144
| .268
| .339
| .337
| 60
| 11
| 127
| 97
| 15
| 33
| 29
| 0
| 0
|
[edit] Fielding Stats
| 1911
| NY
| N
| C
| 10
| 2
| 48
| 44
| 7
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 7
| 3
| 0
| .962
|
| 1912
| NY
| N
| C
| 25
| 0
| 0
| 63
| 9
| 3
| 1
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .960
|
| 1913
| NY
| N
| C
| 21
| 0
| 0
| 38
| 7
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .978
|
| 1913
| NY
| N
| 1B
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1914
| STL
| F
| 2B
| 13
| 0
| 0
| 21
| 28
| 2
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .961
|
| 1914
| STL
| F
| OF
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1914
| STL
| F
| 1B
| 9
| 0
| 0
| 78
| 2
| 0
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1914
| STL
| F
| C
| 32
| 0
| 0
| 148
| 46
| 9
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .956
|
| 1914
| STL
| F
| 3B
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1915
| STL
| F
| 1B
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| 1915
| STL
| F
| C
| 113
| 0
| 0
| 565
| 151
| 21
| 11
| 0
| 17
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .972
|
| 1916
| STL
| A
| C
| 75
| 0
| 0
| 263
| 98
| 12
| 10
| 0
| 8
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .968
|
| 1917
| STL
| A
| SS
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| 1917
| STL
| A
| 3B
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1917
| STL
| A
| C
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 4
| 3
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .875
|
| 1924
| NY
| N
| C
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 6
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1925
| NY
| N
| C
| 37
| 0
| 0
| 90
| 24
| 3
| 7
| 0
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .974
|
| 1925
| NY
| N
| 1B
| 8
| 0
| 0
| 47
| 3
| 1
| 7
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .980
|
| 1926
| NY
| N
| C
| 13
| 0
| 0
| 31
| 4
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1927
| BOS
| A
| C
| 86
| 0
| 0
| 214
| 51
| 9
| 5
| 0
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .967
|
| 1929
| CLE
| A
| C
| 13
| 0
| 0
| 16
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1930
| CLE
| A
| C
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .750
|
| 1934
| STL
| A
| C
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| Total
|
|
| 3B
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| Total
|
|
| SS
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| Total
|
|
| 1B
| 19
| 0
| 0
| 128
| 5
| 1
| 12
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .993
|
| Total
|
|
| C
| 435
| 2
| 48
| 1487
| 403
| 62
| 37
| 0
| 42
| 7
| 3
| 0
| .968
|
| Total
|
|
| 2B
| 13
| 0
| 0
| 21
| 28
| 2
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .961
|
| Total
|
|
| OF
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
[edit] Transactions
- Traded by New York Giants with Buck Herzog to Cincinnati Reds in exchange for Bob Bescher (December 12, 1913).
- Sold by St. Louis Terriers to St. Louis Browns with Babe Borton, Harry Chapman, Doc Crandall, Charlie Deal, Bob Groom, Ernie Johnson, Armando Marsans, Ward Miller, Eddie Plank and Jack Tobin (February 10, 1916).
- Sold by Columbus (American Association) to New York Giants (September 6, 1924).
- Claimed on waivers by Cleveland Indians from Boston Red Sox (December, 1927).
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